In a day and age where no action goes unnoticed, they find themselves in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Despite some of these players being the best in the league, their actions have not always put their teams in the best position to win.

Whether it's their decisions off the field or their foolish play on the field, this bunch has established a reputation for being huge distractions for their team.

Baltimore Ravens RB Ricky Williams

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Despite being the main source of offensive production in 2003 for the Miami Dolphins and coming off his best two seasons, Ricky Williams decided to retire for a year so he can travel the world—though he said it had nothing to do with failing his drug test.

Chicago Bears WR Sam Hurd

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Sam Hurd has sure gotten himself into a heap of trouble.

Hurd is facing very severe drug charges after he tried to buy a kilo of cocaine from an undercover agent in North Texas. He was reportedly interested in selling 5-10 kilos and 1,000 pounds of marijuana per week in the interest of distributing it around the city of Chicago.

Hurd was also allegedly selling drugs to a significant amount of players

The Bears' wide out can now be facing up to forty years in prison and it seems as if his days with the Bears might be numbered after these very serious allegations.

Detroit Lions DT Ndamukong Suh

When the media and some NFL personnel were calling Ndamukong Suh a dirty player at the beginning of the year, I initially thought that the league was overreacting to his tough style of play.

Man was I wrong.

In the Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers Suh just lost it. After getting straight man-handled at the line by Packers' OL Evan Dietrich-Smith during a play in the third quarter, Suh then got up and proceeded to slam Smith's head not once, not twice, but thrice against the ground.

Suh then decided that it was a good idea to kick Smith while he was still down on the ground.

Today, Suh was suspended two games by the NFL for his inexcusable actions.

Missing two games in the middle of the playoff hunt for throwing a tantrum of epic proportions. Both classless and selfish.

Indianapolis Colts LB Gary Brackett

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Gary Brackett has improved from last season when the linebacker racked up fines for dirty hits.

Brackett had $60,000 worth of fines which included this blind-side hit that cost him $35,000 alone. He was fined two other times earlier in the season and there was talk of him possibly being suspended for a game.

Miami Dolphins WR Brandon Marshall

Yes I know Brandon Marshall has a borderline personality disorder but his track record is insane.

NBCMiami.com just reported that earlier this month he was handcuffed by a taxi driver for not paying the fare for a taxi.

C'mon Marshall...you're a millionaire and you can't pay a $142 taxi fare?

Before Miami's Week 6 game against the Jets he said his goal was to get ejected by the second quarter and not for his team to win. Reach for the stars, Brandon.

Earlier this year, Marshall got into an altercation with his wife and cops found him bloodied up because his wife stabbed him in the wrist and in the stomach. Cops also found the clip of Marshall's gun full of blood, so if his wife didn't call the police, who knows what would have happened?

New England Patriots OL Logan Mankins

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This offseason, Logan Mankins had millions of people waiting for him. After the owners and players reached an agreement, Mankins still wanted his demands met; he either wanted to become an unrestricted free agent or get $10 million as compensation.

Delaying the end of the lockout and preventing hundreds of fellow players to go back to work just so you can try and seek a settlement is selfish and classless.

Philadelphia Eagles WR DeSean Jackson

Everyone is aware of Michael Vick's inexcusable actions, but I am going to focus on another Eagles' player.

DeSean Jackson is one of the league's greatest talents at wideout, but his at attitude at times can be really poor.

Before the season started, Jackson threatened to hold out until he received a new contract. By compromising the well-being of the team, Jackson may have added more drama to a team that had very high expectations at the beginning of the season.

When the Eagles played the New York Giants in Week 11, Jackson decided to toss the ball to the chest of Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell after a 50 yard reception. Jackson would receive an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for his actions and his catch would be negated.

His playmaking abilities are unreal but his hot-dog antics can be a huge problem.

Pittsburgh Steelers LB James Harrison

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This was a close one between Harrison and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, but the difference between the two is that Harrison is a distraction on and off the field.

In 2010 he accumulated more than $100,000 in fines from some big hits he delivered. Although some of these fines may be questionable, at the end of the day he was getting penalized and then fined. Neither is going to help your team out.

Harrison then made an appearance in Men's Journal magazine and fired some shots at commissioner Roger Goodell and even his own quarterback.